Nunns in November

Jill Nunn Photography took some awesome sunset pictures of Austin. They actually used Jill's barrel horse, PJ, because he was the easiest horse to catch. Jill is developing a love/obsession with photography, and she is really pretty good at it. I love her pictures.

Austin turned 40!
We had an over the hill party with a few friends and Dairy Queen ice cream cake.

The girls and I gave Austin a sweater and an end table for his birthday. (Of course he was thrilled with the end table. He told me he is going go give me a horse bit for my birthday:).  Carly wrapped up a little lamp to give him.  Hanna gave Austin an Essentials Kit complete with candy, gum, toilet paper, deodorant, soap, toothpaste, twine, and duct tape. (Hanna quotes the comedian, Brian Regan, everyday which is where she got the Essentials Kit idea).

Jill is playing on the grade 9 girls basketball team.  There are only 3 teams in our school division in their age group, so they haven't played many games so far. They did play in a tournament in Magrath which they won.

Hanna is on the grade 7 girls basketball team. She gets lots of steals and is super fast but then is still working on a light touch on her lay-ups. She is fun to watch.

My Mom and Dad came up for a quick trip to help us with some house projects. My Dad patched and trimmed around our new kitchen window and trimmed two bedroom windows.  He also brought floating shelves and whiteboards that he made for each of our girls for their bedrooms.  We let him have the afternoon off and we went on a drive to Waterton.  As you can tell, it was a hot day - or not.

This is Lucy, the Champs basketball player. Go Lucy!

Halloween

Hanna dressed up like Mr. Nunn and won the Super Hero costume award.

Carly was a witch and Lucy was a baby.

Jill outgrew Halloween this year.

I took Lucy and Carly trick-or-treating in Leavitt.  Country trick-or-treating didn't disappoint again this year. The kids get treat bags, pop, popcorn, full-size candy bars, coloring books, etc. 

Leavitt Young Women

I was really loving my calling as the 1st counselor in Relief Society. I love the women I work with, I wasn't the president or in charge of the activities. I really enjoyed teaching every 3 months. I thought I was safe for another year, since we only had been in for 2 years.

Then the last Sunday in August I got called into the Bishop's office and got called to be the 1st counselor in Young Women's. I said yes and went back to Relief Society and cried through the whole meeting.

Hanna said, "You are in Young Women now? That is going to be weird."

I am over 10 great Miamaids, including Jill. I have really liked it more than I thought I would. Teenagers scare me. But it is an exciting time in the church to prepare youth for life and missions.

Our first class activity, we did a photo shoot at my house. I had been worried for a couple days because it had been super windy. The wind did die down but it was a cold evening, but I love how the pictures turned out. 

Another fun activity was carving pumpkins we grew in our garden.

I was in charge of a joint activity Halloween party. It was fun for a few minutes, but after 45 minutes everyone had done all of the games. Luckily the other kids came through for me and organized another game.

Catch Up

Jill started her high school rodeo career. If all of our kids enter high school rodeos, we will go to high school rodeos for 14 years. Her first rodeo was in Pincher Creek - not her best rodeo ever.

Jill turned 15 years old! We had steak and potatoes and then went to Waterton for ice cream cones.

Grandpa and Grandma got home from their mission. 

After a few minutes of being home, Grandpa said, "If Nauvoo wasn't so far away, I would go back." It is a huge adjustment to come home from a mission. Reality isn't quite as fun as Nauvoo.  They gave great Sacrament meeting talks about their mission.

Hanna had a great volleyball season. Her team improved a lot with their great coach Coralee Williams.

Austin and I went to dinner and a movie for our 17th anniversary. 

Spartan Race - Calgary

In February when we signed up for the Spartan Race, it sounded like a good idea. Austin even thought it sounded fun. It was a crazy summer with a trip to Nauvoo and moving to a new house, so going to Calgary for a day to run a race seemed crazy. But it really turned out to be a fun day. Austin and I did run or bike in the mornings to train for the race.

The Spartan Race we signed up for was a 5k obstacle course.

This is our Cardston race friends. We all signed up together as a team called the Wind Warriors.

Our awesome cheerleaders - and Hanna.

I rocked the spear throw. My spear stayed in the hay bale - luck really.

The race had way more mud than I expected. I thought there would only be one or two mud holes. There were lots more than that.

Austin stuck with me through the whole race. It is really much easier to do some of the obstacles with teamwork.

As crazy as it sounds, it really was fun. Almost everyone who ran it said they would do it again.